Railway-tie.



A. O. GANDLAND.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIUATIOIL FILED 3017.23, 1911.

1,025,452. Patented May 7,1912.

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. Specification of Letters Patent.

RAILWAYQ IE.

Application filed November 23; 1911. Serial No. 662,068.

To all whom it ma concern: I

Be it lmownthat I, ARTHUR- C. CAND AND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Provo, in the county of Utah and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Railway-Ties, of which the'following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway ties, and my purpose is to provide a railway tie possessing the required bearing surface on the roadbed, and one on which the rails may be firmly secured.

I further aim to provide a railway tie that will not deteriorate with'age and which if it should become broken 6r injured on oneend'may be repaired..easily and without taking out the whole tie. These objects and others, which are clearly apparent, I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar lettersof reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, and as described in the specifications forming a part of thisapplication, it being understood that slight modifications inform may be resorted to,'within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the drawing Figure 1 is an isometric View of one end'of my tie with a portion of a rail thereom'parts of the other end cut' away. Fig. 2 is-a plan of the tie, part out away. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through one end of my tie. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line a w of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an isometric view of one of the cushion blocks.

My tie is made in two end sections or parts consisting of two box like forms A and B, each being cut from a sheet of metal and bent into channel form having closed sides and bottom and with the sides 1 inclined toward each other. (See Figs. 2 and 4.) The said sides 1 are extended on one end andare bent together on the shell marked A, and near enough together on shell B that the said bent together portions of one shell are adjacent the near together portions of the other shell. The said adjacent sections or portions of said shells are braced and strengthened on the outer sides by the "angle irons 3 and are detachably fastened together by ."the bolts 5. A portion of the sides and bottom of each shell is corrugated to prevent longitudinal and lateral displacement of the tie when ballastedon the roadbed.

I Within eachof said shells is placed'a block of plastic cementitious concrete 4, with pieces of fibrous material 10 transversely embedded therein. ,Also in said concrete blocks 4,

and as a tie for said pieces of fibrous Ina terial 10, short metal stays 6'are secured'in said pieces 10 with the ends extended into and embedded in said cementitious concrete;

Before said plastic concrete sets or hardens. spike sockets 7 are formed therein, with the bottom portion of each adjacent oneof said Patented May 7, 1912.

fibrous pieces 10.- .In thetop of each of said concrete blocks 4 is transversely formed -,a channel 8 out wider than the base flange of a railway rail and with'its bottom below the edge ofthe sides 1. In each of said channels 8 is carried a block ofwood or fibrous material 9, having open cuts in the sides registering with a portion of thesaid spike'sockets 7, on which blocks 9 the rails aresupported and which supply under the rails the cushioning support needed. Said blocks 9filling the said channels 8, and being 'widerthan the base of the rail prevents the vibrations of the rails, caused bypassing trains, from injuring the concrete. The bot tom of said channel 8 being lower than the sides 1, will preventsaid blocks from lon-l gitudinal displacement. When said concretej material is hardened the .ties are placed in' position" and the rails secured thereon as follows: The shells A and B with the concrete blocks therein are secured together in v9O pairs means of the bolts 5, thus making a full length tie. The rails are secured thereon by the spikes '11 being driven into said sockets 7. To prevent the withdrawal of the spike by the vibration of the raila spur is formed on one side of the spike at a point adjacent the said piece of fibrous material 10' and the upper edge of said spur inwardly curved. A wedge 01' key 12 is driven adjacent said spike and opposite the rail and when the point thereof reaches the curved top of said spur, the point will be directed anddriven into said iece of fibrous material 10 and around the, saids'tay 6TSee Fig. 3.) If at any time the concrete b 00k 4 in either shell should become injured or broken, that end of the tie may be repaired by'removing the said bolts 5, and the defective end of the tie removed and Ya periiect one secured in its place wlthout removing or disturbing the other end or shell; By

thus making my ties in two parts they are more easily handled and placed in position than a full length tie would be of the same *weightwhen formed as one full length pieceor tie. The shape of said shells and the open bottom -'in the bent together portions thereof provide ballast pockets in which ballast may be placed to hold the tie fromdisplacement. If desired insulating strips 13 may be placed between the rails and the tie.

the other, and a concrete block in each shell having spike sockets formed therein.

2..A railway tie consisting of metallic shells having closed sides inclined toward eachother, and with portions of the sides of one extended and bent together and detachably fastened .between the extended and bentltogether sides of the other'shell, a concrete'block in each shell having spike sockets formed therein, and pieces of fibrous material and metallic stays embedded in said concrete blocks adjacent the bottom of said spike sockets adapted to hold spikes driven into said spike sockets.

3.;A.railway tie consisting of metallic shells having the sides of eachinclined inwardly and partially corrugated, and with the sides. of one extended and bent to be detachably fastenedto the extended and bent together sides of the other, a concrete block in each shell having spike sockets formed therein, a transverse channel in each block, pieces of fibrous material and metal stays transversely embedded in said concrete blocks adjacent thebottom of said spike sockets adapted to hold spikes when driven in said "spike sockets, and a cushion block in .each

of said channels.

4. A railway tie consisting of metallic and a key adapted -to be driven adjacent said spike with the point adapted to penetrate said piece of fibrous material adjacent and around the metal stay in said material.

5. A railway tie consisting of metallic shells having the sides of each inclined in-.

wardly and with the sides and bottoms partially corrugated, and with the sides of one extended and bent to be detachably fastened to*the extended and bent together sides of the other, a concrete block in each having spike sockets formed therein, a transverse channel in each block, pieces of fibrous material and metal stays transversely embedded. in said concrete blocks adjacent the bottom of said spike sockets adapted to hold spikes when driven-in. said 5 ike sockets, and a cushionblock in each 0 I said channels.

6. A railway tie consisting of two metallic shells having closed sides and partially closed bottoms, and with the sides of one extended and bent to ether and detachably fastened to the extended and bent together sides of the other, ballast receiving pockets in said shells, and a concrete block in each shell having spike sockets formed therein.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed' my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I ARTHUR C. CANDLAND. Vitnesses:

BEN'L. CoRUM, L. J. VVoon. 

